On December 21st, 2025, Lorena Chanes participated in the radio programme Fallo de sistema on RTVE’s Radio 3, discussing neuroscience and the science of consciousness.
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December 2025
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December 2025
On Wednesday November 12th, 2025, the CASLab took part in Portes Obertes; an event that offers students interested in academia the chance to visit the lab and learn more about ongoing research, including work carried out within the PID2023-1525760B-100 project and other ongoing projects in the lab.
More information about the event here.
November 2025
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November 2025
Tijana Tomic presented the poster communication "Facial Expression Predictions and Their Impact on Social Cognition in Early-Stage Psychosis" at the 24th conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) in Sheffield, UK.
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September 2025
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September 2025
Tal Ivancovsky presented the poster communication "Exploring the Link Between Divergent Thinking and Predictive Processing in Social Context" at the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity meeting (SfNC) in Paris, France.
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May 2025
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May 2025
Part of the CASlab members attended the international conference Brain Stimulation Meeting 2025: "where are we going?" organized by the Spanish Brain Stimulation Network in Seville, Spain. Lorena Chanes gave a talk on "Cortical connectivity-informed noninvasive brain stimulation" and Eva Cortés gave a talk on "The difficulties of Bottom-Up Modulation".
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May 2025
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May 2025
Eva Cortés presented a poster communication "The Impact of Affect and Age on Facial Expression Predictions" at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual meeting organized by the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in Boston, MA, USA.
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April 2025
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April 2025
A poster communication about "Social Predictions in Chronic Pain" was presented at the European Pain Federation (EFIC) congress in Lyon, France.
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April 2025
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April 2025
CASLab members took part in the EspaiCiència 2025 at the Saló de l'Ensenyament (Fira de Barcelona).
More information about the event here.
March 2025
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March 2025
As part of the 7th edition of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Eva Cortés gave an educational talk to the 6th graders at the Escuela Jaume Miret with the aim of making science more accessible to children of this age group.
More information can be found here.
February 2025
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February 2025
Part of the CASlab members attended the 7th bi-annual meeting from The European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN). Marta Robles presented a poster communication about non-verbal behaviours and social perception in autism.
More information can be found here.
May 2024
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May 2024
CASLab members took part in the EspaiCiència 2024 at the Saló de l'Ensenyament (Fira de Barcelona, Palau 1, estand 651).
More information about the event here.
March 2024
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March 2024
Eva Cortés gave a talk on mental health and social perception during the "CERVELLA'T" series of informative talks about the brain. This event is organised by the Institute of Neurosciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
March 2024
March 2024
September 26 to October 3 marked the First Week of Suicide Prevention and Promotion of Mental Health, organized as part of the "I choose life" campaign of the Generalitat of Catalonia. As part of the UAB mental health event, Tal Ivancovsky and Tijana Tomic presented their research on Predictive Processing in Mental Health.
September 2023
September 2023
As part of the " Wagon of Science", an initiative of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Lorena Chanes participated in a podcast about emotional regulation and the predictive brain. Listen to the podcast here.
September 2023
September 2023
The "Wagon of Science" (Vagó de la Ciència) is a temporary laboratory of scientific and technological dissemination. The topic of 2023s edition is mental health and the CASlab is actively participating conducting different activities.
The Wagon of Science is an initiative of the Autonomous University of Barcelona in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Spain and the Catalan Government Railways.
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The Wagon of Science is an initiative of the Autonomous University of Barcelona in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Spain and the Catalan Government Railways.
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Our research in the media! May 2023
Ref: Draganov M, Galiano-Landeira J, Doruk D, Ramírez JE, Robles M & Chanes L (2023). Cerebral Cortex.
Cope ; Neuroscience News ; TechnoXplora ; BioTech
Ref: Draganov M, Galiano-Landeira J, Doruk D, Ramírez JE, Robles M & Chanes L (2023). Cerebral Cortex.
Cope ; Neuroscience News ; TechnoXplora ; BioTech
Marta Robles presents a poster at the annual Scientific Conference Autism Spectrum (WGAS / WTAS). Click here to read.
March 2023
March 2023
Kick-off meeting of the TECSAM Network, network that aims to accelerate valorization and transfer of mental health and new technology discoveries to enhance quality of life. The CASlab and 32 other Catalan institutions are members of this network. More information can be found here.
16th January 2023
16th January 2023
30 high-school students visited our facilities and had the opportunity to talk with the CASlab's members, ask questions about research and get to know we conduct our investigations. The initiative was organized by the Institute of Neurosciences of the UAB.
December 2022
December 2022
Lorena Chanes gives a lecture on the predictive brain in social perception in the "II Workshop on Translational Neuroscience", organized by the Institute for Research and Innovation Parc Taulí (I3PT) and the Institute of Neurosciences of the UAB (INc-UAB). Click here to read.
November 2022
November 2022
Lorena Chanes gives a lecture on the predictive brain in the "UIMP 2022 Courses: The brain and its environment, an integrative view of anatomy and brain function", organized by the International Center for Neuroscience and Ethics (CINET) and the Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno Foundation. Click here to read.
Part of the CASlab members attended the 6th bi-annual meeting from The European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN). Lorena Chanes presented a symposium about expectations and social experience in health and disease, Jordi Galiano presented a poster about predictive processing modulations in a social perception behavioral task and Marta Robles presented an oral communication about facial expression predictions in autism. More information can be found here.
Marta Robles presents a recently published article at the Premier International Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces. Click here to read.
March 2022
March 2022
Marta Robles presents research at the 2nd Digital Scientific Meeting for Autism Spectrum Conditions (WGAS / WTAS). Click here to read.
March 2022
March 2022
Lorena Chanes was awarded in the present edition of ICREA Academia, a program by the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) aimed at promoting and rewarding excellence in research by professors at public universities in Catalunya.
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Marta Robles gives a talk about the autistic brain as part of the series of informative talks of the "Brain Awareness Week", organised by the Institute of Neurosciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Click here to watch.
Lorena Chanes is interviewed by Carlota Olmos from the Institute of Neurosciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. With the motto "We encourage knowledge", Dr. Chanes explains different aspects of the functioning of the brain and connects them with her scientific research. Click here to read.
Marta Robles talks about the effects of the pandemic on mental health at Vallès Oriental TV. Click here to watch
New project on Covid-19, lockdown and psychological well-being!
Marta Robles talks about the project at Vallès Oriental TV. Click here to watch
Marta Robles talks about the project at Vallès Oriental TV. Click here to watch
Speaking at ICPS 2019, Paris
as part of the symposium Neuro-Behavioral Mechanisms of Experience Construction
March 2019
as part of the symposium Neuro-Behavioral Mechanisms of Experience Construction
March 2019
Talk at Escola Montseny
as part of "100tífiques" 2019
"The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology is teaming up with the Fundació Catalana per la Recerca i la Innovació (FCRi) to organize "100tífiques", an outreach event that will send over 100 women scientists to schools all over Catalonia."
as part of "100tífiques" 2019
"The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology is teaming up with the Fundació Catalana per la Recerca i la Innovació (FCRi) to organize "100tífiques", an outreach event that will send over 100 women scientists to schools all over Catalonia."
Talk at Escoles Pérez Iborra
as part of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019
as part of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019
Speaking at IACAPAP 2018, Prague
as part of the special interest study group Clinical and Research Applications of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Children and Adolescents
as part of the special interest study group Clinical and Research Applications of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Children and Adolescents
Speaking at ESCAN 2018, Leiden
as part of the symposium Predictive processing approaches in affective neuroscience
as part of the symposium Predictive processing approaches in affective neuroscience
Our research in the media! April 2018
Ref: Chanes L, Wormwood JB, Betz N & Barrett LF. 2018 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
La Vanguardia El Periódico Notícies 324 Diario Médico
Ref: Chanes L, Wormwood JB, Betz N & Barrett LF. 2018 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
La Vanguardia El Periódico Notícies 324 Diario Médico


